# We need a :RollEyes: smiley!

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**Created:** [April 3, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228 "2014-04-03T03:56:19Z")
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### Author: ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/40 "2014-04-07T04:13:16Z")

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Also note that it’s far from limited to snark against a fellow poster. I assume a single rolleyes reply to a post in GD with nothing else would warrant at least a mod note (as would a snark that Measure for Measure would choose to write out). But other than that, they do get used (as do words) in intra-dope conversation all the time.

But they’re used a lot more than that. Here’s a random use from a recent thread:

> [@I Edit Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-edit-wikipedia/682688/3):
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> From what I have seen the usual activity by Wikipedia “editors” is reversing any entry by anyone who isn’t a editor.:rolleyes:

Not the same communicative value. Unless he really did lick Wikipedia’s pie.

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